Marvel Comics has one villain who recently appeared in the MCU that is seemingly a rip-off of the Joker, and another DC villain actually proves it.
The Joker is easily one of the most iconic comic book villains ever, so it’s no secret that there would be some rip-off characters trying to capture the essence of what makes the Joker so popular, and Marvel secretly admitted that one MCU character is seemingly guilty of this very thing.
The Joker made his first appearance in 1940's Batman #1, and since then, his character has remained relatively intact from that initial depiction. Sure, the Joker has changed a few times with the passing comic book ages , but for the most part, he has always been a criminal who enjoys killing and who fights Batman on a fairly regular basis. Most of all, though, the Joker is a cackling maniac with almost no redeeming qualities.
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At this point it is no secret–at least, in the meta sense–that the Green Goblin is seemingly a rip-off of the Joker, based on their character and aesthetic alone. In fact, CBR named the Green Goblin as Marvel’s most blatant rip off of the Joker, so that idea has been firmly established within the fandom. What’s interesting here, though, is that Marvel and DC seem to admit that this is true, while simultaneously downplaying another villain, Two-Face.
It is incredibly interesting, from a comic creating standpoint, that Two-Face–who is well aware of and has worked alongside the Joker in his own universe–essentially just became the Marvel Comics version of the Clown Prince of Crime. By fusing Norman Osborn with Two-Face, then doing almost nothing to make that fusion significant, Marvel and DC basically made Two-Face all but admit that even just being a rip-off of the Joker is better than being the ‘second-class villain’ he originally was.
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